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Is My Facility a Good Candidate for CHP?
(Survey develooped by the U.S. EPA CHP Partnership)

STEP 1

Please check the boxes that apply to you:

Do you pay more than $.06/ kWh on average for electricity (including
generation, transmission and distribution)?

Are you concerned about the impact of current or future energy costs on your business?

Is your facility located in a deregulated electricity market?

Are you concerned about power reliability? Is there a substantial financial impact to your business if the power goes out for 1 hour? For 5 minutes?

Does your facility operate for more than 5000 hours/ year?

Do you have thermal loads throughout the year (including steam, hot water, chilled water, hot air, etc.)?

Does your facility have an existing central plant?

Do you expect to replace, upgrade or retrofit central plant equipment within the next 3-5 years?

Do you anticipate a facility expansion or new construction project within the next 3-5 years?

Have you already implemented energy efficiency measures and still have high energy costs?

Are you interested in reducing your facility's impact on the environment?

Do you have access to on-site or nearby biomass resources (i.e. landfill gas, farm manure, food processing waste, etc.?

STEP 2

If you have checked the boxes for 3 or more of the questions above, your facility may be a good candidate for CHP.

The next step in assessing the potential of an investment in CHP is to have a Level 1 Feasibility analysis performed to estimate the preliminary return on investment. The Midwest CHP Application Center can assist qualifying projects for Level 1 analysis services.

If you would like Cliff Haefke of the MAC to contact you with more information on our technical support services, please fill out the form below and click "Submit". You can also contact Cliff directly at (312) 355-3476.

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Last Revised:Thursday, 20-Sep-2007 10:41:24 EDT